The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c10.s5.t3.2

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In view of these contradictions Çaṅkara (p. 1110 ff.) insists on the fact that there is only one Devayâna, and consequently that one must combine the different accounts. How in so doing he pictures the relation between the "ray," which in Chând. 8, 6, 5 connects the artery and the sun, and the stages 1—5, which according to Chând. 5, 10, 1 lead to the sun, is not clear from his remark p. 1112, 7, that both are not mutually exclusive; he further identifies "the Flame" Chând. 5, 10, 1 with Agniloka Kaush. 1, 3, inserts Vâyuloka Kaush. 1, 3 between "Year" and "Sun" Chând. 5, 10, 1, and then again Devaloka Bṛih. 6, 2, 15 between "Year" and Vâyuloka, and likewise finally Varuṇaloka, Indraloka, Prajâpatiloka from Kaush. 1, 3 between "Lightning" and "Brahman" Chând. 5, 10 (p. 1113 ff.). We thus get the following order of the stages of the Devayâna: 1. The Flame = Agniloka, 2. the Day, 3. the Fortnight in which the moon increases, 4. the Half-year in which the days increase, 5. the Year, 6. the World of the Gods, 7. Vâyuloka, 8. the Sun, 9. the Moon, 10. Lightning, 11. Varuṇaloka, 12. Indraloka, 13. Prajâpatiloka, 14. Brahman.